After driving into Alabama territory on its first possession, Mississippi State scored on its second. An Aeris Williams 11-yard touchdown run capped a six-play, 57-yard drive and gave the Bulldogs a 7-0 lead with 3:21 left in the quarter. MSU's lead ...

STARKVILLE, Miss. -- Alabama came away with a dramatic 31-24 victory Saturday over Mississippi State after a back-and-forth battle that lasted through the fourth quarter. It took the No. 2 Crimson Tide until the final 25 seconds to put the Bulldogs ...

The first wave of flash polls conducted after Alabama GOP Senate nominee Roy Moore was accused of abusing a 14-year-old girl nearly four decades ago point to a close race between Moore and Democrat Doug Jones. Since the Washington Post published ...

Roy Moore, the Republican candidate for Senate in Alabama, has lost his lead in the race in the aftermath of allegations that he had sexual contact with teenagers years ago, and the election is now a toss-up, a new poll indicated Sunday. Moore trails ...

AUBURN, Ala. — There are fourth-year seniors at Auburn who, before Saturday, had never beaten Alabama in the annual showdown known as the Iron Bowl. These young men were still in high school during the famed Kick Six game here four years ago.

AUBURN, Alabama — The hedges at Jordan-Hare Stadium sit between the stands and the field on two sides. In the event of an emergency, they can be scaled, jumped, or tumbled through on the way to the field. The first wave always has a few casualties, ...

That's down from 3.8 in September, which tied the previous record, Al.com reported. A year ago, the state's jobless rate was 6.1 percent. "What we are doing is working, and as a result, the people of Alabama are working," Republican Gov. Kay Ivey said ...

Look at the Alabama-Ole Miss stat sheet and game notes from Saturday night and there are some numbers that will immediately jump out. Here are some of them: -- After the Rebels' opening play touchdown, Alabama outscored Ole Miss 62-0. Since the point ...

A body was found amid a missing person investigation in northeast Alabama, authorities said. Lawmen were serving search warrants at a home and two campers on Jackson County Road 86 in Woodville when they found the body on Friday, Sheriff Chuck ...

(AP) — Alabama's Supreme Court on Friday voted 5-4 to overturn the death sentence of a Birmingham man convicted in a 2009 robbery and shooting, instead directing a Jefferson County judge to sentence Anthony Lane to life without possibility of parole.

Top-ranked Alabama faced a rare bit of adversity Saturday night when Mississippi's first offensive play turned into a 75-yard touchdown pass from Jordan Ta'amu to D.K. Metcalf. The angst lasted a grand total of 11 seconds. Alabama wasn't going to let ...

The federal government has until mid-November to respond to Alabama's lawsuit seeking to exclude immigrants living in the country illegally from U.S. Census counts. Sept. 16, 2018, at 11:27 a.m.. Census Bureau to Respond to Alabama Lawsuit in Fall.

Well hi, it's Week 12 of the college football season and folks, Alabama had its worst half of the entire season against none other than 4-5 FCS team The Citadel during what's supposed to be the SEC's cupcake week. Bama was easily able to pull away in ...

COLUMBUS, Miss. (AP) — A Mississippi bank's assets will grow to more than $1 billion as it buys an Alabama bank. BankFirst Capital Corp. of Columbus announced this week that it was buying FNB Bancshares of Central Alabama, based in Tuscaloosa.

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. -- Alabama running back Damien Harris suffered what coach Nick Saban described as a "mild" concussion during a 50-17 win against The Citadel at home on Saturday. Harris, a senior and the team's leading rusher, sustained a big hit ...

DOTHAN, Ala. (AP) — An energy project proposed for southeast Alabama could become the state's largest solar farm. The Dothan Eagle reports that Houston County commissioners have approved a 10-year property tax abatement for about 1,000 acres of ...

GULF SHORES, Ala. (AP) — The public golf course is closing for good at Alabama's beachfront state park. Officials say they're shutting down the Gulf State Park course permanently on Dec. 2. Al.com reports the land will be used for other activities ...

Well hi, it's Week 12 of the college football season and folks, Alabama had its worst half of the entire season against none other than 4-5 FCS team The Citadel during what's supposed to be the SEC's cupcake week. Bama was easily able to pull away in ...

Alabama County Still Paying for Spring Hail Storm. A north Alabama county is still paying bills from a hail storm that caused extensive damage earlier this year. Nov. 18, 2018, at 11:24 a.m.. Alabama County Still Paying for Spring Hail Storm. Share. ×.

If the oddsmakers' predictions hold true, the near future looks bright for Ohio St. They will look to defend their home turf on Saturday against Tulane at 3:30 p.m. Tulane will need to watch out since Ohio St. have now posted big point totals in their ...

The No. 4 Ohio State Buckeyes got off to a strong start to the season, going 3-0 under interim head coach Ryan Day. Now, with Urban Meyer back on the sidelines, Ohio State is ready to continue its quest for a Big Ten Championship and a berth in the ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio State football coach Urban Meyer seemed sentimental as he returned to full coaching duties Saturday after sitting out a three-game suspension. He had hugs and handshakes for his players as they entered the locker room before ...

Fans of the Ohio State Buckeyes welcomed coach Urban Meyer back with open arms Saturday as he returned to the sideline following a three-game suspension. At the first glimpse of Meyer before he walked to the Skull Session with the team, fans started ...

At the end of one, Ohio State held a 21-0 lead. But in the second quarter, Tulane would have something for the score column. The Green Wave ticked nearly five minutes off of the clock en route to their first touchdown of the afternoon. It nearly didn't ...

The Tulane Green Wave (1-2), led by quarterback Jonathan Banks, met the No. 4 ranked Ohio State Buckeyes (3-0), led by quarterback Dwayne Haskins and returning coach Urban Meyer, in a Week 4 NCAA college football game on Saturday, September 22, ...

Ohio State rolled Tulane 49-6 on Saturday to end a rocky couple of months for the program. So maybe it was only natural the state's official rock song would be what brought Urban Meyer back to normal coaching the fourth-ranked Buckeyes.

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- For weeks, Ohio State Buckeyes showed obvious flaws but found ways to escape and preserve a perfect record. But when the Purdue Boilermakers dropped the hammer Saturday night, the second-ranked Buckeyes had no answers ...

This was one of the earth-spins-off-its-axis Saturdays. Three of the nation's eight unbeatens lost -- Cincinnati, Ohio State and North Carolina State. Two teams in the top 12 went down -- No. 2 Ohio State and No. 12 Oregon. When the Buckeyes walked off ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — The miracle wasn't what was happening on the field, though what was happening on the field was rather remarkable: Purdue was beating No. 2 Ohio State, beating up the Buckeyes, moving all over the field and getting into the end ...

"For me, I walk out of this stadium thinking not only did Purdue knock off Ohio State, but Ohio State has much bigger issues than what happened last year against Iowa," Herbstreit said during Sunday's early-morning appearance on Scott Van Pelt's show.

Moreover, when Ohio State loses these days, it tends to do so spectacularly, as it did Saturday in a 49-20 blowout at Purdue. Combined with a 31-point shellacking at Iowa last year and a 31-0 shutout against Clemson in the 2016 College Football Playoff ...

No. 10 Ohio State avoided an upset loss at home to Nebraska on Saturday, coming back from a five-point halftime deficit to win 36-31. The Buckeyes' performance will do absolutely nothing to put to rest questions about Ohio State's future, but it does ...

No. 10 Ohio State defeated Nebraska on Saturday, but if you were looking for some kind of statement victory from the Buckeyes following a bye week, you'll have to keep waiting. The Buckeyes did come away with the 36-31 win, but in the end, this ...

Going into Saturday's game against Nebraska, Ohio State remained a fringe playoff contender in spite of several things: its blowout loss to Purdue two weeks ago, its coach's health issues, its No. 10 ranking that left the door open to sneak back into ...

Adrian Martinez was a factor in the running game right from the start, causing Ohio State headaches on the game-opening TD march. He wound up with 72 yards on 20 attempts. Nebraska leaned hard on Devine Ozigbo (20 carries for 86 yards), the veteran, ...

COLLEGE PARK, Md. -- Could Ohio State make the College Football Playoff? Absolutely, no doubt. Should Ohio State be a playoff team? Probably not. The 10-1 Buckeyes have abandoned any discussion about style points over the last month, starting with a ...

Who's ready for this year's installment of The Game? There's College Football Playoff implications for Michigan and Ohio State this time around, two one-loss teams who are very much in play to reach the final four by winning out. The job is a bit more ...

And the books and bettors expect the Hurricanes, Florida State, Central Florida and Florida Atlantic to come just as strongly, according to the consensus sportsbook/bettor tracking at VegasInsider.com. FIU? Maybe. ▫ The No. 2 Hurricanes (10-0) show up ...

Miami's loss earlier Friday to Pittsburgh left just three undefeated teams in the Football Bowl Subdivision, with UCF joining Alabama and Wisconsin. All throughout the Playoff rankings, selection committee chairman Kirby Hocutt has singled out the ...

Breathe in, breathe out. After what might have been the craziest college football game of the season, in which No. 15 UCF beat South Florida 49-42 to book a berth against Memphis in the American Athletic Conference championship game, we could all use a ...

Friday night's War for I-4 between South Florida and UCF was an instant in-season classic, featuring one of the most outrageous endings we've seen in a good while. The Knights won, 49-42, after a game-sealing fumble with under a minute to play, but ...

Central Florida kept its perfect season alive through two overtimes, beating Memphis 62–55 in the AAC Championship on Saturday. The Knights will be the Group of Five's New Year's Six Bowl Game rep. It was the highest scoring conference championship ...

It seems nearly impossible to do so, but hey, if I'd have told you that UCF would be 12-0 two seasons after going 0-12, you'd have told me that was impossible too. 2. This was the highest-scoring conference championship game in college football history ...

He grew up idolizing Deion Sanders' explosive play-making ability and versatility. And Hughes is showing similar traits, showing ability to play just about every position in football dating back to his high school days when he spent some time at ...

The best thing UCF could have done in the weeks leading up to the Peach Bowl was stay quiet, but the Knights couldn't do that. Instead, Scott Frost's team hurled interesting remarks Auburn's way while the Tigers used the time after the SEC title game ...

Beckton remembers his first recruiting trip to UCF as a senior in high school at Daytona Beach Seabreeze in 1986. That's when he and another star wide receiver from Jacksonville Raines — Shawn Jefferson — both committed to an unknown, upstart program ...

As far as UCF athletic director Danny White is concerned, Monday's Peach Bowl against Auburn was the national championship game. The Knights topped the SEC West champs 34–27 to complete an undefeated 13–0 season, the only team in the nation to go ...

Schedule strength is why one-loss Alabama made the field this year over one-loss Wisconsin, as neither team won its league. It's a pivotal factor in evaluating teams. UCF was incredible this year, and the Knights' win against Auburn proved that they ...

ATLANTA — It didn't take Auburn football's defense long to divulge what went wrong in the 34-27 Peach Bowl loss to Central Florida. In the moments following the game Monday, players around the Tigers' locker room agreed. One particular Knight in ...

Starting tomorrow, this will be Josh Heupel's program, though. And UCF fans should be excited to see what he can do with Milton and Co. Heupel spent the last two seasons as offensive coordinator at Missouri where he helped develop another record ...

Central Florida capped off an exceptional season with a 34-27 victory over Auburn on Monday in the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl, and the Knights finished with a perfect 13-0 record. But perhaps the only thing that could have made it more perfect was a spot ...

ORLANDO, Fla. - Central Florida's offense has picked up where it left off last season and looks to continue producing big numbers when the 20th-ranked Knights host FCS foe South Carolina State on Saturday night. Junior Heisman Trophy candidate ...

About UCF (1-0): Quarterback McKenzie Milton picked up right where he left off last season, passing for a game-high 346 yards with five touchdowns as the Knights scored touchdowns on eight of their nine possessions against UConn. The defense forced ...

Friday night features three intriguing college football matchups, all involving a ranked team as FAU battles UCF, Penn State visits Illinois and Wazzu faces USC. We're here to deliver you the need-to-know notes for cracking the odds for these and the ...

Week 4 of the college football season gets a nice opener with three Friday evening games, each of which carries its own implications. No. 16 UCF is the highest-ranked Group of 5 team in the AP Top 25 poll and is the early-season favorite to earn a New ...

Everyone who observed the 2017 football season is aware that Alabama won the College Football Playoff, in large part thanks to Tagovailoa. UCF claimed a title – a story you might have heard about this offseason – after going undefeated in the regular ...

Week 7 of the college football season has arrived, and the College Football Playoff race will only heat up from here going forward. Many of the top contenders will be in action on Saturday, with No. 3 Ohio State taking the stage early as it looks to ...

Week 7 of the 2018 college football season is already here and teams across the country are hunkering down for the always-difficult conference portion of their schedules. Surviving eight- or nine-game conference slates requires depth and persistence ...

Before the UCF football team even left Orlando, Josh Heupel sat his players down and explained to them that adversity would strike. The first-year coach of the ninth-ranked Knights knew it would happen against Memphis on Saturday and probably be unlike ...

If you think the College Football Playoff system jobbed the Knights last year and will job them again if they go undefeated for a second consecutive season, then you watched their 21st consecutive win and got preemptively mad for Tuesday—when UCF will ...

So while there's a College Football Playoff angle to debate with UCF, there's also the reality of the work left to be done in order for the Knights to win their own division and their own conference. The one spot in the New Year's Six that's reserved ...

UCF isn't going to make the College Football Playoff this year. That's not a statement I'm making because I believe the Knights will lose a game, nor is it one related to an opinion that they don't deserve a spot in the top four if they finish undefeated.

ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. - The University of Central Florida had its debut on ESPN's "College GameDay" on Saturday. The campus and its self-declared national champion football team hosted the program for the first time before its game against Cincinnati, ...

UCF and its fans feel disrespected by both the College Football Playoff selection committee and analysts for not being taken seriously. And as the GameDay crew talked about UCF's resume and whether or not it deserves a spot in the playoff, Corso ...

All No. 11 UCF wants is respect. It's won 22-straight games entering Saturday night's showdown with No. 24 Cincinnati, yet everywhere it looks it can find somebody doubting it. There are four undefeated teams remaining in college football. Three of ...

ORLANDO, Fla. -- With College GameDay in town and a national television audience tuned in, No. 11 UCF delivered its best performance of the season, dominating No. 24 Cincinnati 38-13 on Saturday night in front of the second-largest crowd in school ...

What we just witnessed may have been the most important day (and night) in the history of UCF football. Never before in the annals of the program has UCF generated so much exposure on a national basis and so much energy and excitement on a local level ...

And that's the case most weeks when it comes to this UCF team. There's a reason it's won 23 straight games, and it's because it's a very good team. A team good enough to warrant a College Football Playoff berth? Well, that's not my call. I'm not ...

Paris (CNN) The man who attacked an officer at Paris' Notre-Dame Cathedral on Tuesday said, "This is for Syria," French Interior Minister Gerard Collomb said. The man, believed to be an Algerian student, attacked the officer with a hammer but was also ...

PARIS — A police officer shot and wounded an assailant armed with a hammer and kitchen knives on the square outside Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris on Tuesday afternoon, according to the authorities. The cathedral, a Gothic landmark on the Île de la ...

Police activity was reported near the Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris today and authorities have asked the public to avoid the area. Additional details were not immediately available. This story is developing. Please check back for updates.

A man with a hammer cried "This is for Syria" before bashing a police officer in the head outside Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris Tuesday, a top official revealed, as a terror investigation was under way. The hammer-wielding man also had two kitchen ...

A man in Paris attacked police officers with a hammer on Tuesday near Notre Dame Cathedral, and he was shot and wounded by police. One officer has minor injuries, the BBC reports, while the assailant has been hospitalized. Authorities are investigating ...

PARIS — The man who attacked police officers patrolling in front of Notre Dame Cathedral, crying out “This is for Syria!,” was a former journalist who was working on a doctoral thesis and had not been suspected of radicalization, according to ...

Police officers seal off the access to Notre Dame cathedral, seen in the background, after a man attacked officers with a hammer outside the famous landmark, in Paris, France, June 6. AP. PARIS— A French government spokesman says that the man who ...

SOUTH BEND — A Maryland man is suing Notre Dame after he was injured at a football camp in 2013. John-Vincent Louis had dreams of playing football, but after tearing up his knee at a Fighting Irish summer camp four years ago, he has “lost a ...

Kyle Rudolph and Harrison Smith have certainly given Notre Dame, their alma mater, a strong reputation since being drafted by the Vikings in 2011 and 2012, respectively. In an ongoing series of NFL.com articles, Chase Goodbread has been ranking the ...

"When you have three of those against a really good Notre Dame football team, you're going to put yourself in a hole, and that's what happened," USC coach Clay Helton said. "They're an extremely good offense. They showed it on tape. I was extremely ...

SOUTH BEND — Brian Kelly wrote himself a message on a note card in his locker room before kickoff Saturday. He told himself that he would be disappointed if Notre Dame didn't win “really big.” No. 16 Notre Dame did just that by completely dominating ...

"We've got to control the football and run the clock,'' Notre Dame coach Sean Gillen noted. "We want to get four yards every pop. They (Normal West) have too much speed to get in a shootout with and our best chance is to keep their offense off the ...

Notre Dame was never going to repeat last year's 4-8 disaster in 2017, but it's becoming clear now that the Irish aren't just better. They're back. The No. 13 Irish dismantled No. 10 USC on Saturday in South Bend, 49-14. They led 28-0 at halftime.

In South Bend they stir the echoes; in Miami they're stirring the echoes of a 2 Live Crew beat, breaking out the bling of the Turnover Chain four times (resulting in 24 Hurricanes points) and that heralded Notre Dame rushing attack had just 74 yards ...

Going into the game, Notre Dame's offense was averaging nearly 500 yards per game, ranked No. 13 among FBS teams this season. But Miami had its attack figured out, whether it was Wimbush—who returned in the third quarter—or Book under center.

SOUTH BEND, Ind. - The IUPUI women's soccer team knew it would take a special effort to pull off an NCAA first round thriller over nationally renowned Notre Dame at Alumni Stadium on Saturday night (Nov. 11). And while the Jaguars certainly didn't put ...

KENNER — Notre Dame volleyball coach Tara Young wants to make one thing clear: The Pios belong on this stage, here in the Division IV championship game Sunday at the Pontchartrain Center. Young believes Notre Dame earned the right to be the No.

On a bizarre Saturday around college football, sometimes the best a team can hope for is to get the win -- no matter how ugly or tough -- and move on. That was the case for No. 5 Notre Dame, which needed a late fourth quarter touchdown to avoid being ...

SOUTH BEND – The parallels to 2012 continue to build. Fifth-ranked Notre Dame improved to 7-0 with Saturday's 19-14 win over unranked Pittsburgh. It didn't require multiple overtimes, as the 2012 meeting did, but the Irish trailed for most of the ...

Notre Dame, ranked No. 2, and Mercyhurst battled to a 6-6 overtime tie Friday in the second game of the Ice Breaker tournament in Erie, Pa. Cal Burke had a hat trick and an assist for the Irish. All three of his goals came in the third period; two were ...

In 2012, Notre Dame rolled to the BCS Championship Alabama and lost 42-12. That would not have happened if not for a narrow Irish win against Pitt at home. History may or may not be (read: is) repeating itself in 2018, now that the Irish have beaten ...

ERIE, PA. -- Notre Dame scored two power play goals on the way to a 3-0 victory over Providence College in the championship game of the Ice Breaker Tournament. The game was a rematch of the final of the NCAA East Regional in Bridgeport in March, ...

SAN DIEGO — Life moves at a different pace out this way, a pace where there never seems to be any worry about what might happen or has happened. It just happens, so roll with it, whether crawling in traffic on a congested freeway, catching an early ...

Williams led Notre Dame (8-0) with 142 rushing yards and three touchdowns, but that's not the only reason he received the game ball. “(Williams is) becoming a complete back,” coach Brian Kelly told reporters in San Diego after the game. “He got the ...

NEW YORK — No. 3 Notre Dame made it look easy with a 36-3 win against No. 12 Syracuse at Yankee Stadium. With one game left in the regular season, the Irish are close to going unbeaten in the regular season and securing a spot in the College Football ...

There shouldn't be any more boxes that need checking for No. 3 Notre Dame after beating No. 12 Syracuse 36-3 in Yankee Stadium. The Irish, now at 11-0, proved their championship caliber in a wire-to-wire domination of a quality opponent, establishing ...

Even as Notre Dame has marched toward an undefeated regular season, there have been questions about just how good the Fighting Irish really are. Their best victory, over No. 4 Michigan (10-1), came at home in the season opener, and the rest of their ...

When asked after Notre Dame's 36-3 win over Syracuse on Saturday if his team should be included in the same conversation as No. 1 Alabama and No. 2 Clemson, coach Brian Kelly said the No. 3 Irish are "not interested in being compared." And yet, maybe ...

Fox Sports 1 made a grievous mistake during its broadcast of IU's football game against Michigan. The Hoosiers, as you likely know, play for Indiana University. Apparently, FS1's graphics team does not know this. They put a graphic on the screen that ...

No. 4 Michigan won its 10th straight game on Saturday, holding off a strong challenge from Indiana in a 31-20 win. The Wolverines, now 10-1 on the season with their only loss coming to No. 3 Notre Dame in the season opener, are a few wins away from ...

Lakers have enjoyed a resurgence in the past week and they have won their past four games on the trot. James - a four-time MVP - has been central to the Lakers' recent success although their defense has been more solid thanks to new boy Tyson Chandler.

Who? Los Angeles Lakers (8-6) vs. Orlando Magic (7-8). When? Saturday Nov. 17, 4 p.m. PST; Amway Center. Where? Spectrum SportsNet. The Los Angeles Lakers will look to make it five wins in a row on Saturday when they take on the Orlando Magic at ...

The Los Angeles Lakers fell short of their fifth straight win in a disappointing 130-117 loss at the hands of the Orlando Magic Saturday at Amway Center. It was an ugly game throughout for the purple and gold as they struggled to get any sort of rhythm ...

Kellie Pickler is known as one of country music's bubbliest—and busiest!—personalities. Not only did the American Idol alum just finish hosting the CMA Awards red carpet, but she also stars on a popular talk show with Ben Aaron called, Pickler and ...

Christmas in Graceland (8 p.m., Hallmark) - North Carolina's own Kellie Pickler stars as a working Chicago mom who brings her kids with her on a business trip to Memphis so they can all visit Graceland during the week before Christmas. But she is ...

The Pittsburgh Steelers have had months to think about how the Jacksonville Jaguars knocked them out of the playoffs last season. This week the Steelers head down to Jacksonville for a little payback and to try to extend their current winning streak ...

The Steelers ride a five-game winning streak south Sunday to pick on the Jags in this north-versus-south matchup of AFC teams. At 6-2-1, Pittsburgh has once again reasserted control as a marauding band of corsairs at the top of the AFC North, while the ...

Browns general manager John Dorsey said last week that he was open to hiring a woman as Cleveland's next head coach, and one prominent name is on the team's wish list to interview. The Browns would like to interview former Secretary of State ...

Cleveland Browns General Manager John Dorsey wants to conduct a wide-ranging search for the team's next head coach, and a report on Sunday indicated that included the possibility of interviewing Condoleezza Rice for the position. However, the GM shot ...

If you think there are no second acts in American life, just look to David Arquette. The actor, best known for his role in the “Scream Franchise” has made a name for himself in recent months as a professional wrestler traversing the independent circuit ...

Arquette, who starred in the wrestling-themed movie “Ready to Rumble,” has competed in wrestling before, most memorably by becoming the WCW World Heavyweight Champion in 2000. Now 18 years later, Arquette told Fox News during an interview in ...

In case it wasn't obvious from the title above, do not watch the video in this post if you do not want to see Scream star David Arquette bleeding profusely after a florescent tube is broken over his head during a wrestling match Friday night. It seems ...

Actor David Arquette has made a recent return to wrestling – and the results aren't too pretty. NSFW videos shared to social media show Arquette getting bloodied up in a match with professional wrestler Nick Gage in Los Angeles Friday night. Arquette ...

You remember when Davis Arquette won the WCW Heavyweight Championship? It was when you realized maybe WCW wasn't going to last long and finally had went off the rails. Well, Arquette was back in the GCW (Game Changing Wrestling) JJLAC event ...

Bill Maher, appearing on his HBO show Friday night with Senator Ben Sasse of Nebraska, used a racial epithet to describe himself after Mr. Sasse suggested that Mr. Maher “work in the fields with us.” Credit HBO, via YouTube. The HBO late-night host ...

Bill Maher Jokes He's A 'House N****r' On 'Real Time'. And his audience applauds. By Carla Herreria. Comedian Bill Maher dropped a racial slur in a joke Friday on “Real Time,” and people erupted on social media. Bill Maher just said the n word, ...

Late-night comedian Bill Maher sparked immediate condemnation from all sides of the political spectrum Friday after he used a racial epithet during an interview with Sen. Ben Sasse (R-Neb.) on HBO's Real Time with Bill Maher. During a segment in the ...

Maher was speaking with Republican Sen. Ben Sasse of Nebraska during a segment of his "Real Time with Bill Maher." Sasse joked that he would like to have Maher visit Nebraska and work in the fields, which prompted Maher to use a slur in a joke that he ...

HBO late-night host Bill Maher has found himself in hot water after using a racial slur during an interview on his show, “Real Time.” Maher was talking to Sen. Ben Sasse (R-Nebraska) about the senator's book, “The Vanishing American Adult,” which ...

Late night host Bill Maher is under fire for using a racial slur on a live broadcast of his show Real Time on Friday. During an interview with Sen. Ben Sasse, R-Neb., about his new book, The Vanishing American Adult, Maher and Sasse were discussing ...

In this photo provided by HBO, Bill Maher, left, speaks with Sen. Ben Sasse of Nebraska during a segment of his "Real Time with Bill Maher," Friday, June 2, 2017. Maher is facing criticism for his use of a racial slur during a discussion with the ...

The Internet outrage machine continued to churn at a high gear Saturday in the wake of Bill Maher's inexplicable use of a racial slur during the Friday night broadcast of his HBO show, “Real Time.” On the program, Maher used the slur to refer to ...

In 2015, Hulk Hogan was fired by the WWE for racially insensitive comments that were leaked out to the public. At that time, Hogan was a judge on WWE's Tough Enough and almost all references to Hogan were removed by WWE after his firing, including his ...

Like many celebrities and laypeople, Bill Maher took a moment this week to reflect on the life and legacy of Marvel comics mastermind Stan Lee—who died Monday at the age of 95. But unlike the bulk of those tributes, what Maher wrote wasn't ...

Bill Maher is in hot water after making comments that many are calling disrespectful toward the late Marvel Comics creator Stan Lee. In a blog post to his website Saturday, the late night host wrote, "America is in mourning. Deep, deep mourning for a ...

On Saturday, Bill Maher added a new post to the Real Time with Bill Maher blog. That normally wouldn't merit much attention, but this was the week Stan Lee died and, well, Maher was pretty eager to share his apathy: "The guy who created Spider-Man and ...

The Dallas Cowboys have a lot of catching up to do with the Philadelphia Eagles, but they're doing an excellent job of bouncing back from a tough beginning of the season. They are now 5-3 going into Sunday's game against the 4-4 Atlanta Falcons.

For the Cowboys, life without Ezekiel Elliott began Sunday. But that turned out not to be the worst news for Dallas before its Week 10 loss to Atlanta. The lack of injured left tackle Tyron Smith contributed to eight Falcons sacks of Cowboys ...

The Dallas Cowboys (5-3), led by quarterback Dak Prescott, met the Atlanta Falcons (4-4), led by quarterback Matt Ryan, in an NFC matchup in NFL Week 10 action on Sunday, November 12, 2017 (11/12/17) at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia.

The Dallas Cowboys look for their first two-game winning streak of the season when they meet the Atlanta Falcons on Sunday at 1 p.m. ET at Mercedes-Benz Stadium. Dallas forged a tie for second place in the NFC East with a 27-20 upset of the Eagles as a ...

The 4-5 Cowboys are in Atlanta this week to take on the 4-5 Falcons. With the NFL playoffs quickly approaching, the NFC wild-card spot is up for grabs, and these two teams both have a shot to take an edge in the race. Dallas is coming off a crucial ...

As dictated by the Internet, Steve Carell is hot now. “You're a funny human being, but I wanna say that you're also a stud, you're a stud muffin,” Jimmy Fallon told his guest on Tuesday's Tonight Show in recognizing the comedian's newfound sex symbol ...

Steve Carell is looking a touch different these days—and the entire country has noticed. The Despicable Me star and famed comedian has been rocking silver locks as of late and has since acquired a new label: "silver fox." While visiting The Tonight ...

There is a new member silver fox in town: Steve Carell. The 54-year-old has come a long way since his days as the dorky and awkward (yet, totally lovable) Michael Scott on The Office, and has joined the ranks of George Clooney and Ryan Reynolds in the ...

Move over, George Clooney — there's a new silver fox in town and he goes by the name of Steve Carell. The actor debuted his salt-and-pepper locks last week while promoting his latest film, Despicable Me 3, in London with co-star Kristen Wiig and the ...

Steve Carell has been a popular comedian for a while; his role as cringeworthy boss Michael Scott in The Office is cemented in television history. But lately the former 40 Year Old Virgin is reaching a whole new fanbase, thanks to his newly grey head ...

If you ever run into Steve Carell, please don't ask him to play Michael Scott again. The actor spent his “Saturday Night Live” monologue gently turning down requests from fans and former co-stars for a reboot of NBC's hit sitcom “The Office,” which ...

Actor Steve Carrell returned to host “Saturday Night Live” for the third time Saturday, and during his opening monologue the Acton native teased a reunion for “The Office” when several of his former castmates from the hit NBC show appeared in the audience.

"That's all I can. I don't have control over those kind of things." Charlotte is hopeful that the inclusion of Walker in a potential trade could help bring back a good young player or a first-round draft pick. Ultimately the Hornets know that trading ...

Kemba Walker and the Hornets were supposed to be so much better than this. Charlotte had a disappointing 2016-17 season, but that was able to be explained away pretty easily. Its failures in clutch situations along with injuries to key players like ...

After spending years scrapping and clawing to remain in the middle of the pack, the Charlotte Hornets recognize they're stuck. And they are finally, mercifully prepared to do something about it—even if they have to trade Kemba Walker. Sources told ...

With less than three weeks to go until the NBA's Feb. 8 trade deadline, the first potential big name is now on the market. That became official Friday, when ESPN reported Kemba Walker is being dangled in trade talks by the Charlotte Hornets — two ...

When doubters questioned the Hornets for giving him a four-year, $48 million contract in 2015, all he did was become a two-time All-Star. On Wednesday night, he took another step in his impressive, if not unlikely, career by passing Dell Curry to ...

Walker finished with 21 points in the loss to LeBron (41 points) and the Cavs. But few in the packed house had left the Spectrum Center because they wanted to see Walker -- by far the city's most popular NBA player of the past decade -- break the ...

Even though the Hornets weren't able to beat the Cavaliers on Wednesday night, the game was still a special one for Kemba Walker. With 18 seconds left, he scored a layup that made him Charlotte's all-time leading scorer. Afterwards, Walker, who was ...

Charlotte Hornets' Kemba Walker (15) is congratulated by teammates during the second half of an NBA basketball game against the Cleveland Cavaliers in Charlotte, N.C., Wednesday. Chuck Burton — The Associated Press. By Steve Reed, The Associated Press ...

Here are the active NBA players who have scored 60 or more points in a single game: Carmelo Anthony, LeBron James, Klay Thompson, Devin Booker, James Harden... Kemba Walker. All but the last of those has already received at least one maximum ...

The Charlotte Hornets have a hard enough time in close games without having a point flat out taken away from them by the officials. At around the seven-minute mark of the fourth quarter of Charlotte's 122-119 overtime loss to the Sixers, Kemba Walker ...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Jimmy Butler knocked down a 3-pointer as time expired in overtime, and the Philadelphia 76ers overcame a career-high 60 points from Kemba Walker to beat the Charlotte Hornets 122-119 on Saturday night. Butler's play in the ...

Taylor had four carries for 20 yards to drive the Badgers to the Purdue 8, but Anthony Watts tackled Garrett Groshek for a 3-yard loss to put Wisconsin in a third-and-10 hole. Purdue 10, Wisconsin 10 - Jonathon Taylor 80 run (Gaglianone kick). One play ...

For three-and-a-half quarters against the Purdue Boilermakers on Saturday, the Wisconsin Badgers struggled, playing the same ugly, grinding football that cost them the Penn State game (and the BYU game, and the Northwestern game...). With the hour ...

DALLAS, TX - NOVEMBER 17: Kevin Durant #35 of the Golden State Warriors controls the ball against Harrison Barnes #40 of the Dallas Mavericks in the first half at American Airlines Center on November 17, 2018 in Dallas, Texas. NOTE TO USER: User ...

DALLAS -- The Warriors own a 10-game win streak over Dallas, and for the sake of their own peace of mind, they'd like nothing more than to extend it to 11 when the teams meet Saturday night at American Airlines Center. Coverage on NBC Sports Bay Area ...

The Mavericks are fresh off of a 68-118 win vs the Jazz in Utah in which they were 12 for 28 from deep and won the war on the glass 59-43. The Warriors, meanwhile, are fresh off an 86-107 loss against the Rockets in Houston in which they dished out 18 ...

After losing in Houston on Thursday, the Warriors' Texas road trip continues tonight in Dallas, when Golden State takes on the Mavericks for the first time this season. With a record of 12-4, Golden State sits atop the Western Conference, but they'll ...

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. -- The sequel to Lamar Jackson's Heisman Trophy campaign might be even better than the original. The defending Heisman winner turned in another record-breaking performance in the Louisville Cardinals' 47-35 win over the North ...

By the time Lamar Jackson claimed the Heisman Trophy last December, calls to discredit his accomplishments had become deafening, and there were no shortage of commentators who believed he didn't deserve the award. That thinking rapidly gained ...

The best advice Lamar Jackson can get is to disregard advice. It can only confuse him. It can only complicate a decision that should be simple. Until the University of Louisville quarterback officially declares for the 2018 NFL draft or elects to stay ...

FILE - In this Nov. 25, 2017, file photo, Louisville quarterback Lamar Jackson smiles as he leaves the field after his team defeated Kentucky 44-17 in an NCAA college football game, in Lexington, Ky. Jackson was selected to the AP All-Conference ACC ...

INDIANAPOLIS — Lamar Jackson shouldn't have to defend himself. But at a press conference at the NFL Combine on Friday afternoon, he did, in his own way. Jackson's meeting with a throng of reporters here wasn't confrontational. Jackson was candid and ...

INDIANAPOLIS — Quarterback Lamar Jackson didn't run the 40-yard dash at the NFL Scouting Combine Saturday. The predictable consternation, harrumphing and oh-my-God-ing among NFL people was not far behind. The belief from some in the league is that by ...

The Chargers, who pick 17th in the first round, could be a landing spot for Jackson, though he said he hadn't yet spoken to the team at the combine. Chargers coach Anthony Lynn had success with Tyrod Taylor, another mobile quarterback, in Buffalo, and ...

Lamar Jackson had to wait a little longer than expected, but the quarterback came off the board at the end of the first round. On Thursday night, the Ravens traded up to select Jackson with the No. 32 pick of the NFL Draft. The Ravens traded a second ...

Lamar Jackson won't have to return for Day 2 of the NFL draft. After an extended wait on Thursday, the Louisville quarterback was taken by the Baltimore Ravens with the No. 32 overall pick in the first round. The Ravens traded up to the spot in a deal ...

We all get a little cranky when we have to wait on something. Lamar Jackson was no different during the first round of the NFL draft on Thursday night. Jackson, the 2016 Heisman Trophy winner out of Louisville, was not selected until the very last pick ...

At the close of the first round of the draft Thursday night, the most exciting player in college football over the last two years ended up in what appears to be a very encouraging situation, as the Ravens traded with the Eagles to take Louisville ...

With fading odds of making it to the postseason, the Baltimore Ravens will have to rely on a new starting quarterback on Sunday. Lamar Jackson is slated to start against the Cincinnati Bengals and fill in for the injured Joe Flacco, who was among the ...

The Baltimore Ravens plan to start Lamar Jackson at quarterback Sunday, according to multiple sources, making him the last of the five passers selected in the first round in 2018 to make his starting debut. Veteran Joe Flacco, who is highly unlikely to ...

“People tell me all the time trying on a Canada Goose jacket was the first time that they ever truly felt warm in cold climates,” Chief Executive Officer Dani Reiss told analysts this week. “With our cold rooms, we are creating that moment even before ...

“People tell me all the time trying on a Canada Goose jacket was the first time that they ever truly felt warm in cold climates,” Chief Executive Officer Dani Reiss told analysts this week. “With our cold rooms, we are creating that moment even before ...

The governing body of motor sport, the FIA, also published a statement on Facebook which said that Japan's Sho Tsuboi -- whose car Floersch collided with -- had also been taken to a local hospital for "further evaluation," as well as two members of the ...

A 17-year-old German Formula 3 driver suffered a fractured spine after a terrifying crash during which her car became airborne and sailed like a missile into the fences at China's Macau Grand Prix. “I am fine,” Sophia Floersch tweeted, “but will be ...

Teenage German driver Sophia Floersch suffered a terrifying airborne crash at the Macau Grand Prix's Formula Three race on Sunday, injuring herself and five others. Six people including Floersch were admitted to hospital, with the 17-year-old remaining ...

There shouldn't be any more boxes that need checking for No. 3 Notre Dame after beating No. 12 Syracuse 36-3 in Yankee Stadium. The Irish, now at 11-0, proved their championship caliber in a wire-to-wire domination of a quality opponent, establishing ...

Surely it will have the urge, because the 36-3 quashing Notre Dame put on a Syracuse team averaging 44 points actually deserved a flat-out shutout in terms of its look and feel and effect. That the No. 3 Fighting Irish could subject a team ranked No ...

The College Football Playoff track for No. 3 Notre Dame is simple: beat No. 12 Syracuse, win next week at unranked USC and then relax championship weekend while you wait for the CFP Selection Committee to call your name. But that "kick your feet up" ...

Notre Dame minus-10 vs Syracuse, $990 to win $900: I keep waiting for Notre Dame to play down to the level of its competition and have a disappointing performance. The Irish always seem to have one of these duds in past seasons, whether it was losing ...